Trade surplus touches US$ 1.39 billion
VGP – The trade balance enjoyed a surplus of US$ 857 million in the first half of March, bringing the total amount to US$ 1.39 billion since the beginning of the year, the General Department of Customs reported.
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Meanwhile, in the first half of the third month, import turnover was US$ 9.1 billion, increasing 42.2% against the same period last month (or US$ 2.7 billion). As of mid-March, import revenue hit US$ 43.03 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of 16.2% (or US$ 5.99 billion).
Hence, the trade balance ran a surplus of US$ 857 million in the first half of March and US$ 1.39 billion since the beginning of the year.
Statistics showed that the FDI sector contributed the dominant trade surplus. Key hard currency earners included telephones and spare parts (year-on-year surge of 70.7% or US$ 1.12 billion); garments and textiles (up 2.7 times or US$ 788 million); computers and electronic products (up 53.6% or US$ 370 million).
In the first half of March, export turnover of the FDI sector valued US$ 7.35 billion, representing a month-on-month growth of 84.3% or US$ 3.36 billion. As of mid-March, the sector earned US$ 31.86 billion of export turnover, year-on-year growth of 29.4% or US$ 7.25 billion, accounting for 71.7% of national export turnover.
The sector imported US$ 25.71 billion of goods (up 16.7%, equivalent to US$ 3.67 billion) since the beginning of the year.
Hence, the FDI sector ran a trade surplus of US$ 1.87 billion in the first half of March and US$ 6.15 billion since the beginning of the year./.
By Khanh Phuong
